Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)

Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: হাওড়া লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Howrah in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Howrah district.

Howrah
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentPrasun Banerjee
Parliamentary PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established1951-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,505,099[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesBally
Howrah Uttar
Howrah Madhya
Shibpur
Howrah Dakshin
Sankrail (SC)
Panchla

Overview
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

The Hindustan Times reported, “Howrah is a 500-year old urban agglomeration on the western bank of the Hooghly River and is best known for unplanned, densely populated habitation, one of the country's biggest rail terminus and a rusty manufacturing sector, especially iron foundries.”[2]

About the foundry industry The Times of India wrote, “Some have already downed their shutters. Others keep open for three days a week. A cut in wages has been accepted by the workers mostly without even a grumble. The foundry industry of Howrah, once known as the Sheffield of India and one of the largest employers in the state, is now gasping for breath.”[3]

According to The Hindu, Howrah and Sreerampur constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.[4]

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 25 Howrah is composed of the following segments:[5]

Prior to delimitation, the constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[6]

Members of Parliament
Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First1952-57Santosh Kumar DuttaIndian National Congress [7]
Second1957-62Mohammed EliasCommunist Party of India[8]
Third1962-67Mohammed EliasCommunist Party of India [9]
Fourth1967-71K.K.ChatterjeeIndian National Congress[10]
Fifth1971-77Samar MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Sixth1977-80Samar MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Seventh1980-84Samar MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Eighth1984-89Priyaranjan DasmunsiIndian National Congress[14]
Ninth1989-91Susanta ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
Tenth1991-96Susanta ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Eleventh1996-98Priyaranjan DasmunsiIndian National Congress[17]
Twelfth1998-99Bikram SarkarAll India Trinamool Congress[18]
Thirteenth1999-04Swadesh ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
Fourteenth2004-09Swadesh ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[20]
Fifteenth2009-13Ambica BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[21]
2013-14Prasun BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[22]
Sixteenth2014-19Prasun BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[23]
Seventeenth 2019–present Prasun Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 5,76,711 47.18 4.53
BJP Rantidev Sengupta 4,73,016 38.73 25.42
CPI (M) Sumitro Adhikary 1,05,547 8.64 5.44
INC Suvra Ghosh 32,107 2.63 2.68
Majority 1,03,695 8.48
Turnout 12,22,708 74.83 +0.04
AITC hold Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 4,88,461 43.40
CPI (M) Sridip Bhattacharya 2,91,505 25.90
BJP George Baker 2,48,120 22.05
INC Manoj Kumar Pandey 63,254 5.62
Majority 1,96,956 17.50
Turnout 11,25,728 74.79
AITC hold Swing
Bye-elections 2013: Howrah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prasun Banerjee 4,26,387 44.68
CPI (M) Sridip Bhattacharya 3,99,422 41.85
INC Sanatan Mukherjee 96,743 10.14
Majority 26,965 2.82
Turnout 9,54,850 65.99
AITC hold Swing

See also
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References
  1. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. "Trinamul Congress wins Howrah Lok Sabha Polls". Hindustan Times, 5 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. "Sheffield of India dying an untimely death". The Times of India, 20 September 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. "Non-Bengali voters could prove crucial in final phase". The Hindu, 11 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  9. "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  15. "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  16. "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  18. "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  19. "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  21. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  22. "Bye election to the House of the People from The 25 Howrah Parliamentary Constituency" (PDF). Forms 21 D & E. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  23. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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